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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Veldt.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far away are they when the nursery lights come on?
(a) Ten feet
(b) Five feet
(c) One foot
(d) They turn on at the threshold

2. Where do George and Lydia believe Wendy and Peter are?
(a) At their robot friend’s house
(b) At a plastic carnival across town
(c) In the nursery
(d) At school

3. What is the problem that Lydia is beginning to feel with the house?
(a) She feels that the house is too expensive
(b) she and George are becoming unnecessary
(c) That it no longer does what she expects it to
(d) That it is too cold with all of the machines

4. What genre is The Veldt?
(a) Chick lit
(b) Romance
(c) Memoir
(d) Science fiction

5. What has happened to the parents at the end of the story?
(a) George and Lydia have been killed by lions by the will of their children
(b) The parents take the family on a vacation to Iowa
(c) George and Lydia pack up their children and leave the house forever
(d) Nothing happens, because despite Dr.McClean’s suggestions no changes are made

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr.McClean find on the floor?

2. What are the children doing when Dr. McClean arrives?

3. What does Dr. McClean say children prefer?

4. What turns on and off as they walk through the house?

5. Who says, “I don’t want to do anything but look and listen and smell; what else is there to do”?

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